"Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories: the story of the tigerâ€™s wife, and the story of the deathless man. These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories of his life â€“ of my grandfatherâ€™s days in the army; his great love for my grandmother; the years he spent as a surgeon and a tyrant of the University. One, which I learned after his death, is the story of how my grandfather became a man; the other, which he told to me, is of how he became a child again."

Source : Tea Obreht (2011). “The Tiger's Wife”, p.15, Hachette UK

Tea Obreht

#Running Quotes #Children Quotes #Lying Quotes

“Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.”
“Kandinsky in Munich uttered the well known words: 'Everything is permitted!' In 1961; we still live by this heritage, which in truth is inexhaustible.”

Source : Michel Seuphor (1964). “Abstract Painting: 50 Years of Accomplishment, from Kandinsky to the Present”
“I think we agree, the past is over.”

Source : "Subdued McCain Endorses Bush". David Jackson and Wayne Slater, The Dallas Morning News (May 10, 2000), as quoted in "Make the Pie Higher!", www.snopes.com. July 22, 2008.
“Thank you for trusting me.”
“It's hard for me to sympathize with a young person who chooses to go into the military because they know where they're going. I think we need to start depopulating the military.”
“I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.”
“What sort of power is it that really and truly renders the deity present? Human beings automatically think of God as someone who possesses and wields power. Jesus forces people to consider whether that deeply rooted conviction is true or not. In historical terms it is readily apparent that power, left to its own inertial tendencies, tends to be oppressive in fact. So it cannot be the ultimate meditation of God, though human beings might tend to think so”
“The ultimate in wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past.”

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